Choneplax Dall, 1882
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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4772.3.1 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3844009 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03D21D39-FF90-397B-FF7B-FD96FA86DD14 |
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Plazi |
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Choneplax Dall, 1882 |
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Genus Choneplax Dall, 1882 View in CoL
Type species. Chiton strigatus Sowerby, 1840 (= Chitonellus latus Guilding, 1829 ), by original designation.
Remarks. The genus Choneplax Dall, 1882 includes four Recent species ( Sirenko 2003): C. lata ( Guilding, 1829) from the Caribbean, C. hastata (Sowerby, 1840) , habitat unknown (fide Sirenko 2003), C. indica from the W. Indian Ocean, and C. littlerorum Sirenko, 2003 from American Samoa. This is the first fossil record for the genus.
Distribution. Indian and Pacific ( American Samoa) Oceans, and West Atlantic, Pleistocene to present-day.
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